Opinion

B.C.’s electoral history would suggest the NDP enters this year’s election as a decided underdog, but make no mistake: there is a definite path to victory for a party that rarely tastes champagne on election nights.

We support heritage conservation. Signs with this slogan have appeared in the Queen’s Park neighbourhood recently, and while this sentiment is easy to support at a glance, the actual policy under development has big implications for homeowners.

Dear Editor: I am glad you did a front-page story recently on the state of the roads in New Westminster. They truly are in a sad state. This past winter exacerbated their condition.

Dear Editor: Once again, I am shocked to see the headline “May suite dress change triggers backlash.” People with no respect for tradition are (it seems without public consultation) making unwanted changes to hundred-year-old traditions.

Dear Editor: I read the letter written by Paul R. Thompson in the March 30, 2017 edition of the Record . “Where do candidates’ real loyalties lie”? As a rather astute political observer, I couldn’t help but laugh at the over-simplicity of Mr.

The election writ won’t even be issued until next week, but already the two major parties appear to have revealed – via TV advertising – the main thrust of their key campaign message to voters. The B.C.

There should be bumper stickers for New West cars: “Don’t tread on our traditions.” It might come with a graphic of someone hanging onto an anvil.

Dear Editor: I recently corresponded with an acquaintance who is the political polar opposite of myself, and he commented that those running in the provincial election would do anything – including abandoning their party affiliations and convictions

My email inbox has been flooded with about 100 spending announcements from the B.C. government the past few days, as money is being shovelled out of the door as the fiscal year draws to a close later this week.

Who has ever made their way through a busy airport and thought, “Gee, what this place needs is a middleman looking to add a profit margin?” But that’s essentially what’s on the table.